“I Hope You Dance” was recorded and released by country music maven Lee Ann Womack in 2000. The inspiring tune, which was featured on Womack’s 2000 album of the same name, reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, while also reaching number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. “I Hope You Dance” won the 2001 CMA, ACM, NSAI, ASCAP and BMI awards for ‘Song of the Year’ and clenched the Grammy Award for ‘Best Country Song.’

Emerging country music starlet Clare Dunn recently performed the popular song for the Forever Country Cover Series and she certainly has the powerful vocals to deliver a flawless rendition of the emotional track.

Enjoy Dunn’s moving cover below!

Lee Ann Womack “I Hope You Dance” Official Music Video

“I Hope You Dance” Lyrics

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance….I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin’ might mean takin’ chances but they’re worth takin’,
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth makin’,
Don’t let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin’ out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance….I hope you dance.
I hope you dance….I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

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